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Wide Lens Effect and How to Get It

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Wide Lens Effect and How to Get It

This is a page on the Battle Item Wide Lens and its location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to see its effect, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

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Wide Lens Effect

Wide Lens ImageWide Lens
Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. It's a magnifying lens that slightly boosts the accuracy of moves.

How to Get Wide Lens

Circhester Hotel

1. Go to Circhester town.
2. On the right side of town there will be 2 hotels, enter the one on the right.
3. Enter the elevator at the top right of the hotel.
4. Go inside the first room on the left. A cutscene will play once you enter the room.
5. Talk with the detective in the room.
6. Talk to the 3 suspects and Skwovet will appear.
7. Talk to Skwovet twice and make it the culprit to get the Wide Lens item from the detective.

▼ If you accuse Skwovet as the culprit in the investigation, the investigation will be resolved.
Wide Lens.jpg
You will receive the Wide Lens item when you go to Circhester and do the detective event at the hotel. You will get the Wide Lens from the detective after finding out who the culprit is.

Obtain from Wild Pokemon

The following Pokemon may hold the item, Wide Lens. You can get it by using the move Thief or Trick.

Sableye ImageSableye

How to Use Wide Lens

The Wide Lens has the effect of increasing the accuracy of moves by 1.1x.

This item can be useful if the Pokemon has a moveset with low accuracy, and can better improve the odds of moves connecting. An example of a move with low accuracy is Stone Edge, and using this item can improve the accuracy of the move.

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